Blotter



(MMM WBETTS &JW. B. HERBERT.

BLOTTER. Y

No.7471,`531. Patented Mar, 29, 1892.

- To @ZZ whom it UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WALTER RETTs AND -WILLiAM E. HERBERT,- yor cALv-Es'ron, TEXAs.

BLQTTER.

SPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,531, dated March 29, 1892.

Application filed July 14, 1891. Serial No. 399497. (No model.)

may concern.-

Beit known that we, WALTER BETTS, a citizen of the United States, and WILLIAM B. HERBERT, a4 subject of the Queen of Great Britain, both residing at Galvestomin the county of Galveston and State ot' Texas, have invented a new and usefulBlott'er, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in blotters. Y l

rlhe object of the present invention is to providea combined hand-blotter,ruler, paper-cutter, and pen-rack, which device is designed more especially for the use of bookkeepers and accountants, and is to be carried in the left hand, and is adapted to serve as an arm-rest, andis capable of holding pens in convenient position. g

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a blotter constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a hand. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a blotter-frame constructed of suitable material, preferably sheet metal, and

wheneonstructed of the latter it consists of a single rectangular piece having one of its longitudinal edges rolled to form a ruler 2 andthe other longitudinal edge 3 is straight and is bent downward at an angle and forms a convenient papercutter for tearing out checks, drafts, and the like. Blotting-paper 4 is arranged on the lowerface of the frame l and extends .longitudinally of the same and has its ends 5 bent over upon the upper face of the frame l and Vsecured thereon by tongues 6, which are formed integral with the frame by being cut therefrom, and they eX- tend outward toward the end of the frame and are slightly tapering and clamp between them and the frame the ends 5 of the blotting-paper. from the frame, and they are preferably ta- The tongues 6 are severed at three sides pering and have theirends bent upon themselvesor rolled to enable ythem to be readily raised or lowered to secure or release the ends of blotting-paper. The blotter-framehas centrally swiveled to its upper face an open finger-clip 7, metal and adapted to receive a finger and capable of being opened and contracted to suit the size of a finger. has iis edges 8 and 9 curved outward, and the former is provided with open U-shaped penholder-sockets l0, holda pen when the latter is not in use and to keep the same in convenient position for use. The other flange 9 is'provided with openings ll, adapted to` receive vthe extreme ends of penho'lders .to steady the same', and these openingsll are arranged opposite the sockets 10. The sockets l0 are constructed of a strip of sheet metal bent, as shown, and

secured by soldering or otherwise to the flange 8,y and to provide two and black ink pen may be held. y

The device is more especially designed for book-keepers, accountants, and the like, and is conveniently held on a finger ofthe left hand and is adapted-for carrying the vpens when the same are not inv use and when `the it has -been found constructed of suitable 'spring' LThe finger-@up 7. 3`

6o adapted to receive and 70 y convenient'l for each blotter,.so that a red leaves of a book are being turned by a book-kr keeper. The blotter is also adapted to serve as an'arm-restto be employed as a ruler and paper-cutter. v

l. A blotter comprisinga a nger-clip swiveled to the frame and constructed of spring metal and being lopen for the insertion of the fingers and provided with penholdersockets, substantially "as described.

2. A blotter comprising a frame having one of its longitudinal edges rolled to form a ruler and having its other longitudinal edge bent downward to form a paper-cutter and provided at its ends with outwardly-extendingvintegraltongues adapted to clamp the ends of blotting-paper, a finger-clip swiveled to the frame and being open for the insertion frame yprovided with means for securing blotting-paper, and

curved outward, thelatten being provided in presence of two Witnesses.

with openings, and the penholder-sockets .se- Y -WALTER BETTS.

cured to the edge 8 and arranged opposite WM. B. HERBERT. 5 the openings 0f the edge 9, substantially as Witnesses: v

described. C.v E. SAMPsoN,

0f A the fingers and havingv its edges 8 and 9 our own we have hereto afxed oulsignatures In testimony tht we claim the foregoingas W. C. DEUBNER. 

